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The reason you have a second person on many trains is that there are currently some functions that the driver is unable to do. On a HST the driver cannot open and close the doors so a second person has to do this. When the new trains arrive the driver will be able to do this so there will no...

Buts that it. There is no requirement for any train to have a second member of staff on board. Take London to Bristol and London to Kings Lynn. Both similar journey time. One has a second member of staff one does not. This is just a progression that has been going on since 1983 when DOO...

The 1922 to Hereford is formed from the 1859 arrival which was running 8 late and arrived at 1907. So 8 minutes to clean and label the train before boarding at 1915 doesn't seem too bad to me

How young were they ? If you only bought them a ticket to get a seat and they are under 5 then they don't actually need a ticket.

The reason the bus companies were fined was not because the bus was full and they did not let the wheelchair on. They were fined because there was a pushchair in the wheelchair space. The bus company should have told the pushchair user to fold their pushchair and allow the wheelchair to...

Depends who you work for and where you are travelling. Usually for children you won't automatically receive passes for them you have to apply for them separately. Go to www.atoc.org/about-atoc/rail-staff-travel and look up your TOC for more info.

Super off peak single Newport to Paddington £38.50 would cover it

How much were you charged. The way I read it the excess fare should have been zero. A Reading to London route Staines Anytime Day Return is £30.70. When you get a change of route excess you should be charged The difference between the price already paid and price of the cheapest Return...

Yes you can buy a discounted childs ticket and use your season for the journey. Extract from the full T&C fares manual on line :- Family & Friends Railcard holders who also hold a Season Ticket A Customer may present both a Family & Friends Railcard and an Annual Season Ticket and purchase a...

This is a common problem for ticket machines in London. As most tickets are issued from London Terminals there are many tickets available which will not be valid from the point of sale For example from Paddington the machines will sell you a ticket to Clapham Junction. But there is no train...

Had a passenger who bought a petrol driven chainsaw onboard. You could smell the fumes as soon as you entered the carriage. I found it before departure in a luggage rack. Swiftly removed to station duty manager followed by an announcement over the PA for the owner of a chain saw please to...

I thought one of the issues was that most of the platforms on the loop could not take 8 coach trains ?

Those T&C for Advance tickets are wrong. GA appear not to have updated them.

Only staff / retired from London Transport get a PTAC. Retired railway staff get a different card with boxes for free travel. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Having looked at the fares manual it does appear that you are entitled to take an accompanied child along for a flat fare...

And if their original advance was less than a tenner then there would be no point doing it at the ticket office.